Word Origin & History

lobbyist 1863, Amer.Eng., from lobby + -ist."[A] strong lobbyist will permit himself to lose heavily at the poker-table, under the assumption that the great Congressman who wins the stake will look leniently upon the little appropriation he means to ask for." [George A. Townsend, "Events at the National Capital and the Campaign of 1876," Hartford, Conn., 1876]

Example Sentences for lobbyist

It could not be that she would descend to the plane of a lobbyist!

It was the haunt of the concession-monger; of the lobbyist; of the men who wanted something.

By the way, what do you think of my going there, and setting up as a lobbyist?

It pleases Mrs. Taine to be, in the world of art, a lobbyist.

No lobbyist had the faintest idea of "approaching" the old man in that way.

Municipal corruption has become a byword, and the lobbyist has made his evil presence felt at the national and State capitals.

Some of the best laws and some of the worst are enacted through the influence of the lobbyist.

Such knowledge as he obtains is brought to him ordinarily by a lobbyist.

He says that a lawyer should keep to his profession, and not become a lobbyist in the interest of his clients.

Though far from equalling his rival in talent, knowledge, and authority, he greatly surpassed him in his skill as a lobbyist.